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A mother mistakenly believes her daughter has killed her good-for-nothing lover, and dumps his body in a harbour. Unfortunately, her drastic action attracts the attention of a strangely mild-mannered blackmailer. Drama, starring James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks and Shepperd Strudwick
1949
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General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
James Mason
(Actor)
.. Martin Donnelly
Joan Bennett
(Actor)
.. Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks
(Actor)
.. Beatrice Harper
Shepperd Strudwick
(Actor)
.. Ted Darby
Henry O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Mr Harper
David Bair
(Actor)
.. David Harper
Roy Roberts
(Actor)
.. Nagle
Frances Williams
(Actor)
.. Sybil
Max Ophuls
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
James Mason
(Actor)
.. Martin Donnelly
Born:
May 15, 1909
in
Huddersfield
Trivia:
Mason was all set to play James Bond in a 1958 TV adaptation of From Russia with Love that failed to get off the ground. He upset members of his family by registering as a conscientious objector during the Second World War.
Best Known For:
Being an Englishman in Hollywood.
Early-life:
Born James Neville Mason in Huddersfield on May 15, 1909. He was educated at Marlborough College and at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he became interested in acting. After graduating, he joined the Old Vic theatre in London.
Career:
Mason remained in the theatre until he began securing minor roles in films. He became popular in the 1940s for playing brooding anti-heroes in a number of Gainsborough melodramas, including The Man in Grey (1943) and The Wicked Lady (1945). His big break came when he landed the lead role in box-office smash The Seventh Veil (1945). This opened the door to Hollywood and he went on to star in a number of popular films, including Julius Caesar (1953), The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951), A Star is Born (1954), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), North by Northwest (1959), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959), Lolita (1962), and Georgy Girl (1966). His role in The Verdict (1982) earned him his third and final Academy Award nomination - the other two were for Georgy Girl and A Star is Born. He died on July 27, 1984, in Switzerland, a country he had called home since 1963.
Quote:
'The trouble with Hollywood is that the producers and agents are the aristocrats... which made actors who make their living in Hollywood usually feel they are some sort of scum.'
Joan Bennett
(Actor)
.. Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks
(Actor)
.. Beatrice Harper
Shepperd Strudwick
(Actor)
.. Ted Darby
Henry O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Mr Harper
David Bair
(Actor)
.. David Harper
Roy Roberts
(Actor)
.. Nagle
Frances Williams
(Actor)
.. Sybil
Max Ophuls
(Director)
